Fort Selkirk, June 4. - (Special to the Star) - The Town of Mayo is flooded by high water from the Stewart River and many people are forced to abandon their homes, says a last-minute telegraphic advice just received.
Small boats and canoes are being used from the waterfront back to the
Catholic Church. The equipment of the Mayo Radio Station is wet and will probably be out of commission for several days rendering the town without outside communication.
The water is continuing to rise at the rate of one inch an hour and
Binet's Hotel was within six inches of being flooded this morning.
On landing at Mayo today, Pilot Vernon Bookwalter of the White Pass
Air Service, was forced to taxi onto Main Street in order to avoid driftwood in the river.
The steamer Aksala, enroute to Stewart City, was stopped by plane at King's Rest, on the Stewart River, where a barge was dropped and the steamer is now hurrying back to Mayo to help save the dock and to accomodate the homeless.
